Tess's pov
T.W: self harm and mentions of suic!de
I stared at my scars, eyes filling with tears. I buried my face into the pillow of my bed, Lake was at work and wouldn't be home for another half an hour. I decided to open tiktok to try and distract myself, eventually I saw a post with someone's rating of disventure camp s2 : I was at the bottom. I felt a prick of anger bubble up inside of me, shortly followed by sadness. I checked the comments apprehensively" tess is so annoying, she's such an attention seeker" and "she's so weird for taking antidepressants, lock her up in a mental facility" felt like they were being burned into myh mind. Unable to control myself, I scrolled futhrer down, until I saw one that hit me like a bullet through the chest; "she doesn't deserve lake" I threw my phone to the ground, shaking uncontrollably, "what if lake doesn't like you, you don't deserve her anyways" the words circled around my head like vultures. I run to the kitchen, and pull a knife from the drawer;I stare at it, trying to make a decision. I promised lake that I would tell her if I felt like this. "just one cut" I thought to myself. I slid the knife along my arm, feeling a rush of pain. I cant remember what happened next...
I woke up in lakes arms, her face worried. "wh-what happened?"
"tess! you're alive!" lakes face briefly flashed with joy, and went back to worry. She kissed me on the forehead, reassuring me that I was okay. Confused, I asked "lake, what did i do, all I remember was one cut and then I blanked out? Without saying a word, she picked up my arm and showed it to me, it was wrapped in a blanket of bandages, each of them dyed a shade of bone-chilling red. My jaw drops as I stare at the blood stained bandages "wh-what ha-have I d-done"
Lake stares at me caringly, wrapping her arms around me, her tone is deathly serious "tess,what happened?" she whispers into my shoulder. I start to sob "I was upset about my self harm scars and I was getting thoughts to kill myself" I start, my voice trembling " so I went on tiktok to distract myself and there was a bunch of hateful comments about me, saying that I should be locked up in an insane asylum, a-and that" I choke on my words, the hurt from that comment hitting me again. Lake holds me tighter, "what did they say?" she asked kindly, making sure her voice was perfectly level, despite her panic blooming inside.
"They said that I don't deserve you" I answer, my voice barely a whisper
Her grey eyes widened, "tess, no, I don't deserve you not the other way around '
" how, I'm weird, depressed, negative, ugly-"she stops me," you're not tess, I promise"
"you really think that?" I ask, heart swelling from her words
"of course I do, I love you Tess"
"I love you too" I reply and hug her tight. I yawn, rubbing my eyes
"aww you're so cute when you're tired, come on, let's get you to bed"
I nod sleepily and she kisses my forehead.
"Goodnight, tess"
'' goodnight
They're so cute!!
562 words!
Rin >:3
Edit!:I forgot to say but lake is 20 and tess is 26 in this
